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        "title": "Sgt. Christopher Peek, Marine Attack Squadron 211 airframes mechanic, watches as pilots and crew prepare AV-8B Harriers for departure from Wake Island on Jan. 10. (Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0205.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0205.jpg",
        "title": "Station Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines extinguish fires during night training Jan. 30 on the flight line here. Approximately 20 ARFF Marines participated in the monthly exercise, which simulates aircraft emergencies at night with low visibility. The training is performed on a mock aircraft, which has several different parts that can be set aflame remotely. \"We've got a lot of newer Marines who just got here from the school, and they all did really well,\" said Sgt. Cody Kranendonk, ARFF rescueman. \"Even though it was the first or second time for some of them, they really applied their training in this exercise.\"(Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0226.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0226.jpg",
        "title": "Members of the 24-man Silent Drill Platoon twirl their M-1 Garand rifles during the unit's performance on the station parade field Feb. 24. The show kicks off the seasonal tour for the platoon as well as the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and the Marine Corps Color Guard. (Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0319.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0319.jpg",
        "title": "The record-breaking 10,178-foot Wall of Fire erupts along the flight line as the grand finale to the 47th annual Yuma Air Show March 14. (Cpl Pete Zrioka)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0416.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0416.jpg",
        "title": "Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, run to their positions during a large-scale air assault exercise for the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course April 16 at a Yuma Proving Ground range. Twenty aircraft and approximately 500 infantry Marines participated in the exercise. (Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0430.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0430.jpg",
        "title": "While a CH-46 Sea Knight lifts off behind him, Lance Cpl. Charles E. Weber, a radio operator with the 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, guards the perimeter a makeshift landing zone at Centennial Middle School in Yuma, during an exercise simulating the evacuation of U.S. citizens from a foreign nation in crisis April 17. During the exercise, numerous CH-46s and CH-53 Super Stallion helicopters quickly landed and launched again, dropping off Marines and rescuing role players. The exercise was part of the recent Weapons and Tactics Instructors course taught by the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1. (Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0611.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0611.jpg",
        "title": "Col. Clyde M. Woltman is doused with ice water and champagne following his final flight as the commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 13 on the station flight line, June 5. Woltman, who is scheduled to relinquish command Friday, flew a Marine Attack Squadron 513 AV-8B Harrier from Camp Pendleton, Calif., where the squadron was training. During his career, Woltman has served as a pilot with three of the group's four Harrier squadrons. Woltman, who has led MAG-13 since June 2007, will turn over command to Col. Anton H. Nerad, formerly with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Okinawa, Japan. (Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0612.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0612.jpg",
        "title": "A Marine Attack Squadron 214 AV-8B Harrier, piloted by Capt. Neil Booher, takes off from the flight line May 31 at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. Currently, the squadron's pilots are practicing to fly in Afghanistan's higher elevations. Two of the unit's pilots, Maj. Roger Hardy, executive officer, and Maj. Toby Moore, safety officer, already have experience in the elevated conditions. The pilots flew VMA-513's Harriers in a 2002 deployment to Bagram Air Base, where the elevation is approximately 5,000 feet. Kandahar's elevation is approximately 3,300 feet. Higher elevations have lower air density, which require more power from an aircraft's engine in order to gain and maintain lift. (Lance Cpl. Gregory Aalto)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0613.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0613.jpg",
        "title": "In full combat gear, Lance Cpl. Brittney Garland, station military policeman, steps off a diving board during water survival training at the Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., June 5. Throughout the week, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Marines tested for various qualification levels of combat water survival. (Lance Cpl. Josue Aguirre.)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0810.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0810.jpg",
        "title": "A Marine Attack Squadron 211 AV-8B Harrier takes off from the flight deck of the USS Essex in the Philippine Sea on Aug. 10. The Wake Island Avengers of VMA-211 returned to Yuma Aug. 29 after a seven-month deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Marine Attack Squadron 513 is slated to replace VMA-211 when the ship departs from Japan later this year. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Johnson)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/0828.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/0828.jpg",
        "title": "Station commanding officer, Col. Mark Werth, practices his aim on the recently improved rifle range Aug. 28, on the Barry M. Goldwater Range before firing the ceremonial first shot to reopen it. The station's rifle range closed in July for renovations. Shooters can expect to see new firing positions with rubber matting and new target number signs. (Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/1008.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/1008.jpg",
        "title": "Sam Press, left, and Stacy Press hold signs welcoming home Cpl. Benjamin Press here Oct. 6. Press returned with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371's last group of approximately 150 Marines after a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan's Helmand Province. MWSS-371 transferred control of aviation support for Marine Aircraft Group 40 to MWSS-372 from Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 28. During the deployment, MWSS-371 built the largest expanse of aluminum matting in a combat zone, which was more than 2.2 million square feet. \"I can't express how proud I am of these Marines,\" said Sgt. Maj. John Scott, MWSS-371's sergeant major, who also returned with the last group. \"They didn't meet expectations, they exceeded them. It was an incredible deployment.\" (Lance Cpl. Aaron Diamant)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/1015.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/1015.jpg",
        "title": "Cpl. Corey C. Haeuplte, squad leader with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, shouts commands to his squad moments after landing on the outskirts of an urban training range in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 10. Loading on to MV-22 Osprey aircraft here, the company's 1st Platoon flew to the range in order to capture an insurgent leader, simulating a mission they could be called to perform during their next deployment. The battalion, based in Twentynine Palms, is scheduled to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in early 2010, with E Company assigned to specialize in helicopter insertions and raids. (Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/1027.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/1027.jpg",
        "title": "An M-240B machine gun spews spent casings as Pfc. Nathan McBride, a machine gunner with Company C, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, lays down suppressive fire during a company-sized exercise at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 27, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based battalion spent approximately one month the Yuma area, making use of its surroundings' rocky, mountainous terrain in preparation for a deployment to Afghanistan early next year. The exercise stressed the approximately 220-Marine force to use combined arms tactics, ranging from rifles and machine guns to mortars and TOW missiles.McBride, 20, is a Cincinnati-native. (Cpl Pete Zrioka)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/1105.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/1105.jpg",
        "title": "Cpl. Joshua Balbontin, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 crew chief, sits on the open ramp of a KC-130J Hercules as a CH-53E Super Stallion refuels over the southern Arizona desert Nov. 1. The KC-130s provided transport and aerial refueling capabilities for the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course. The biannual course is taught by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, and provides students from across the Corps with both classroom instruction and flight curriculum to become unit instructors. (Lance Cpl. Aaron Diamant)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/1106.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/1106.jpg",
        "title": "Navy aviation fuel technicians from the USS Green Bay refuel an AV-8B Harrier from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31 at Auxiliary Airfield 2, Nov. 5. The squadron and the USS Green Bay flight deck crew practiced working together at the airfield, which simulates the deck of a ship, to prepare for their upcoming testing period aboard the Green Bay, one of the Navy's new class of amphibious transport dock ship built specifically for helicopter operations. Since the Green Bay is intended for helicopter use, many of its flight crew are inexperienced working with Harriers.  (Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/1110.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/1110.jpg",
        "title": "Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Hagerty, Marine Aircraft Group 13 religious program specialist, chokes Lt. Shawn Osborne, station chaplain, during Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training here Nov. 10. Hagerty is the third member of the chaplain's office to earn his black belt in the Corps martial arts program. Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Eddy, station religious program specialist and Osborne received theirs earlier this year. \"It was very difficult to get (my black belt),\" said Hagerty. \"That's a good thing. I did a lot of live fighting and it was tough, but worth it.\" Over the course of their black belt training, Osborne, Eddy and Hagerty trained a minimum of 234 hours each, said Sgt. Nicholas Gillmore, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron martial arts instructor. \"Having my black belt gave me more confidence to do my job and protect my chaplain,\" said Eddy. In garrison, RPs provide administrative support. However, in a combat zone their mission is to protect the chaplain. \"A lot of stuff the chaplains do is in close-quarter environments, and that's where MCMAP comes into play,\" said Hagerty. (Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/1112.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/1112.jpg",
        "title": "Service members display different Marine Corps uniforms from throughout history for the Marine Corps' 234th birthday celebration on the station parade field Nov. 6. After the uniform pageant, the traditional cake cutting ceremony took place between the oldest and youngest Marine on station. (Lance Cpl. Josue Aguirre.)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/1124.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/1124.jpg",
        "title": "R. Lee Ermey introduces himself as the audience's senior drill instructor, quoting his famous opening lines from the movie \"Full Metal Jacket\" at the beginning of his speech as the guest of honor for the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Marine Corps ball at the Quechan Casino Resort in California Nov. 20. \"I love coming down to Yuma,\" said Ermey, who visited Yuma three times earlier this year to participate in the station's air show and film two episodes of his show \"Lock N' Load\" at the Yuma Proving Ground. \"It's a great place with good Marines. The troops are no different today than they were yesterday.\" (Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard)"
    },
    {
        "thumb": "/slideshow/images/thumbnails/1125.jpg",
        "large": "/slideshow/images/1125.jpg",
        "title": "Lance Cpl. Ernest Carrillo, Marine Attack Squadron 214 ordnance technician, holds his son, Ernest Noel, for the first time in seven months after returning to Yuma Nov. 22 from a deployment to Afghanistan. Approximately 200 Marines from VMA-214 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 arrived on station after spending half a year providing air support, armed reconnaissance and air defense for Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan.(Cpl Pete Zrioka)"
    }
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